Blom's Gonna Blom
Viktor "Isildur1" Blom has been active as usual throughout Level 6, involved in hands nearly every time we've passed by his table today. Here are a couple of recent ones involving the swingy Swede.
In the first the board read 
and there was about 5,000 in the middle when a middle position player pushed out a bet of 2,000 and Blom quickly called from late position. The river then brought the 
and a check from Blom's opponent. Blom quickly fired 6,300, and his opponent didn't waste much time before saying he was calling.
Blom watched his opponent turn over 
for aces, and Blom patted the felt, acknowledging his opponent's call before pushing his cards to the dealer.
That hand had knocked Blom back down under the 100,000-chip mark, but soon after he was at it again, this time raising to 1,100 from middle position. Timothy Adams then reraised to 3,000 from a couple of seats over, and when it folded back to Blom he called.
The flop came 
. Blom checked, Adams bet 3,100, and Blom called. The turn brought the , and again Blom check-called a bet from Adams, this time for 8,000.
The river was the . Blom checked one more time, and Adams fired yet again, pushing out 19,300. Blom tanked for some time, then called, tabling 
. His nines were good, as Adams had but 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
24,775
|
24,775 |
|
||
|
43,000
-51,775
|
-51,775 |
and Burgers fired 5,600 into the middle. Cada grimaced and slid his hand into the muck - conceding the pot to Burgers.
, Gazes needed to improve against an opponent's 
, and Gazes is out.
